Improvement in fruit-jar lifters



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D. SHERWOOD 8v G. D. DUDLEY. Fruit-Jar Lifter.

No. 218,835. Patented Aug. 26,1879.

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D. SHERWOOD 8: G. D. DUDLEY.

Fruit-Jar Lifter.

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DANIEL SHERWOOD AND GEORGE D. DUDLEY, OF LOWELL, MASSACHU- SETTS,ASSIGNORS TO WOODS, SHERWOOD & 00., OF SAME PLACE.

IMPROVEMENT IN FRUIT-JAR LIFTERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 218,835, dated August26, 1879 application filed July 16, 1879.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, DANIEL SHERWOOD and GEORGE D. DUDLEY, of the cityof Lowell, county of Middlesex, and State of Massachusetts, haveinvented a new and useful Improvement in Fruit-Jar Wrenches, of whichthe following is a specification.

The invention relates to fruit-jar Wrenches, or holders for holdingfruit-jars while the cover is being put on or off, constructed with apair of handles and jaws connected by a band.

Heretofore these wrenches have had the jaws and handles connected by aband or strap rigidly attached to the jaws, and therefore each wrenchwould fit only the size of jar for which it was constructed, or onevaryin g but little from that size.

The object of our invention is to provide a wrench which can be adjustedto and used upon the different sizes of fruit-jars in use. We accomplishthis by constructing our wrench with a band or strap connecting the jawswhich can be made longer or shorter, as may be necessary, to lit thesize of jar to which it is desirable to apply it.

In the drawings, in which similar letters of reference indicate likeparts, Figure 1 shows a plan view of a fruit-jar wrench embodying ourinvention. Fig. 2 shows a modification of the same. Fig. 3 shows anotherform of the same.v

A A are the handles; B B, the jaws, and O the band connecting them.

In Fig. 1, cl is a clamp, swinging upon a pin in the jaw B in suchmanner that when moved toward the point of the jaw b it will bind theband 0 against the outside of the jaw.

The band is prevented from slipping by the lug c, which is either struckup from the material forming the band, or the material is made thickerat that point, forming a lug or shoulder.

e is a loop at or near the point of the jaw, through which the bandslips freely, and which, with the clamp 01, maintains the handles A Aand band 0 substantially parallel and in the same plane.

The clamp 61 may be prevented from slipping by providing it with a pin,which enters into holes made in the band; or the clamp may have a shankpassing through the handle, on which a thumb-screw is placed, by meansof which it can be tightened upon the band.

In'Fig. 2 the band C is composed of three pieces, a c 0 each about halfthe length of the band 0. Two of them, c 0 are attached to one jaw,laying one over and outside the other, the outside one, 0 having holesff made in it, into which a stud, j, near the end of the single part, c,enters when the part c is slipped between the parts 0 andc in position.These parts are held together by the bands 1' i, which pass aroundthe'parts c c a, so that the handles are maintained in substantially thesame plane and parallel to each other. The sliding band i may, however,be omitted, if it be thought desirable.

When constructed in this manner and placed around the jar, by bringingthe handles together the stud j is forced into one of the holes fin theouter part of the double half, and the device firmly locked together.

Another form of this construction is to make the band 0 single, and,fastening it to one jaw, pass the other end under a loop, 6, upon theend of the other jaw, like that shown in Fig. 1, and over the stud j,which is fixed on the outside of the jaw, the stud entering one of theholes in the band, and the end of the band being held down over the studby the hand grasping the handle.

In Fig. 3 the jaws B B are connected by a strap which is made shorter bybeing drawn up to suit the size of the jar about which the holder is tobe placed. The loose end of the strap, passing inside of one of thejaws, is pressed against the jar, and thereby held in whatever positionplaced without the use of a tongue in the slide or buckle s. A commonbuckle having a tongue may, however, be used.

What we claim as new and of our invention is 1. A fruit-jar wrenchcomposed of handles A A, jaws B B, and an extensible band, 0,substantially as described.

A A,jaws B B, band 0, loop a, and stud 7', substantially as described.

DANIEL SHERWOOD. GEORGE D. DUDLEY.

\Vitnesses:

STANLEY MANSFIELD, FRED. II. WHITNEY.

